 It is impossible for me, my brethren, upon our first meeting of this kind, to forbear lamenting with you the general decay of religion in this nation ; which is now observed by every one, and has been for some time the complaint of all serious persons.  Sketches of Celibate Worthies - Pàgina 239per James Copner - 1885 - 375 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Joseph Butler - 1813 - 790 pàgines
...impossible for me, my brethren, upon our first meeting of this kind, to forbear lamenting with you the general decay of religion in this nation; which...not pretend to enter into speculations upon * The publication of Bishop Butler's Charge, in the year 1751, was followed by a Pamphlet, printed in 1753,... | |
 | Joseph Butler, Samuel Hallifax - 1819 - 256 pàgines
...impossible for me, ray brethren, upon our first meeting of this kind, to forbear lamenting with you, the general decay of religion in this nation; which...out of the minds of men, even of those who do not pretenxt to enter into speculations upon the subject; but the number of those who do, and who profess... | |
 | Joseph Butler - 1824 - 484 pàgines
...impossible for me, my brethren, upon our first meeting of this kind, to forbear lamenting with you the general decay of religion in this nation; which is now observed by every one, and lias been for some time the complaint of all serious persons. The influence of it is more and more... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1830 - 622 pàgines
...nation, observed by every one, for some time the complaint of all serious persons — the influence of it more and more wearing out of the minds of men, even of those who did not pretend to enter into speculations on the subject, whilst the numbers of those who did, and... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1830 - 620 pàgines
...called ' rant ;'|| when ' there was a general decay of religion in the nation, observed by every one, for some time the complaint of all serious persons — the influence of it more and more wearing out of the minds of men, even of those who did not pretend to enter into speculations... | |
 | 1851 - 652 pàgines
...Again, in his Charge to the Clergy of his Diocese>, he says: "I cannot forbear lamenting, with you, the general decay of religion in this nation; which...some time the complaint of all serious persons. The influenee of it is more and more wearing out of the minds of men." Onee more, as showing how the deep... | |
 | Samuel Hobart Winkley - 1858 - 380 pàgines
...impossible for me, my brethren, upon our first meeting of this kind, to forbear lamenting with you the general decay of religion in this nation, which...complaint of all serious persons. The influence of it is wearing out of the minds of men, even of those who do not pretend to enter into speculations on the... | |
 | John William Burgon - 1861 - 584 pàgines
...— (Butler is still addressing the clergy of his Diocese, 1751,) — "to forbear lamenting with you the general decay of Religion in this nation ; which...it is more and more wearing out of the minds of men ;" while " the number of those who profess themselves unbelievers, increases, and with their number... | |
 | 1864 - 974 pàgines
...practical faithlessness. " There was a general decay of religion in the nation, observed by every one, for some time the complaint of all serious persons — the influence of it more and more wearing out the minds of men. even of those who did not pretend to enter into speculations... | |
 | Matthew Baxter - 1865 - 534 pàgines
...impossible for me, my brethren, upon our first meeting of this kind, to forbear lamenting with you the general decay of religion in this nation, which...the complaint of all serious persons. The influence is more and more wearing out the minds of men, even of those who do not pretend to enter into speculations... | |
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